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Inspector paints bleak picture of mental illness in prisons

Hundreds of prisoners with severe mental illness should not be in Scotland's jails, according to the country's chief inspector of prisons.

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STEWART PATERSON

Hundreds of prisoners with severe mental illness should not be in Scotland's jails, according to the country's chief inspector of prisons.